My setup with MacAlly iOptiJr mini mouse in USB Overdrive: left button is normal single click, right button is double-click, scroll wheel (which is a clickable button as well) is control-click (also known as right-click). I can also scroll windows horizontally if I hold down the shift key during a scroll.
Turtle-Bear
On Nov 8, 2004, at 1:28 PM, chris wrote:
Actually, I have tried to set it up normally (or at least what I have
always understood normal to be - but I don't for sure know what that is!).
I have the left button set for one click and the right button set for "control" click.
Trouble is, when I double click on the left button, folders and files do
not open and I assumed that they would because on my laptop a (a
non-control)double click works that way.
But hey! Maybe I am wrong and one does have to Right click, bring up the
contextual menu and use "Open" to open a file - which is what I am having
to do now!
No, it should work like any other mouse, two clicks opens the folder.
Since it isn't working this way for you, two things come to mind. 1. make
sure you have the double click time set correctly. If you have it set to
accept too slow of a double click, and you double click fast, then it
won't register the 2nd click. Same goes if you set it to accept a fast
double click and you do it to slow. Play with the time setting until you
get one that matches your double click speed.
If that doesn't solve it, then verify that the 2nd click is even
happening. You should hear the click when you press the mouse button. It
may be somewhat quiet, but there should be an audible *click* noise as
the switch inside activates. I have MANY MANY MANY Microsoft branded mice
that have semi broken mouse buttons and it can be very hard to issue two
clicks, because the button doesn't return to the up state fast enough. So
what happens is you click once, and as you attempt the 2nd click, you are
pressing against the already closed switch, so your hand thinks you
double clicked, but the mouse still sees it as the original click.
I've always chalked these broken mice up to the fact that my MS PS/2 mice
out number any other brand, and all my equipment gets very abused by the
staff here... so I figured the high failure rate of MS mice was simply a
numbers game and not indicative of MS making crappy mice. But maybe I'm
wrong, maybe MS just can't make quality hardware.
-chris <http://www.mythtech.net>
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